BVB only just avoided an embarrassment in the friendly against the regional league team Rot-Weiss Oberhausen and clinched a lucky 3:2 last-minute victory. Coach Edin Terzic was not at all satisfied with the performance of his team.
After an unconvincing performance, BVB was able to celebrate a happy 3-2 win in the test match against Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, but Dortmund were not really satisfied with their performance.
“It’s good when you win games. But if you look at the way the game went today, we didn’t like things,” coach Edin Terzic criticized his team’s performance, which initially fell behind early (4th minute), then late in the second conceded the equalizer at halftime (69th) and only scored to win shortly before the end (90th).
After the final whistle, Terzic spoke of “a few issues” that his team still had to tackle. The focus here: the defensive. “We had to defend a lot of counterattacks and dangerous set pieces,” the coach complained about the lack of game control, which repeatedly opened up opportunities for RWO. “We didn’t like some things, we have to do them much better,” Terzic said plainly.
BVB tackles a demanding balancing act
With a view to further preparation, Terzic announced a quite demanding balancing act. “It’s about not just studying new things, but reminding the lads of a lot of things. It’s no secret that we were unhappy with the number of goals we conceded last year,” he said, referring to the defense that emerged as one of the biggest construction sites last season.
At the same time, he also wants to introduce “new patterns” to make his team “even better, more active and more dangerous” on the offensive, said Terzic, who wants to use the days before the trip to the USA to physically train all players to a similar level bring to.